Bentleigh Weather in May
Bentleigh in May
The short of it: Bentleigh in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 59 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 10 h 6 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 9° · rain 59 mm · daylight 10 h 6 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & December
Thirty years of records give Bentleigh an average May high of 17°, a low of 9° and some 59 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 9°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 59 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 6 min in mid-May, 63 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and December.
Against its neighbours, Bentleigh runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Bentleigh East, 2 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Bentleigh, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentleigh EastVictoria | 2 km E | 17° | 9° | 63 mm |
| BrightonVictoria | 3 km WNW | 17° | 9° | 59 mm |
| CheltenhamVictoria | 6 km S | 17° | 9° | 61 mm |
| Glen IrisVictoria | 6 km NNE | 17° | 9° | 63 mm |
| Mount WaverleyVictoria | 9 km ENE | 17° | 9° | 73 mm |
| South YarraVictoria | 10 km NNW | 17° | 9° | 54 mm |
| RichmondVictoria | 11 km NNW | 17° | 9° | 57 mm |
| Glen WaverleyVictoria | 12 km ENE | 17° | 9° | 73 mm |